3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The visuals, shot by the gifted Wally Pfister on locations from the steaming heat of Morocco to the snow-capped Alps, are astounding....A knockout."Rolling Stone

"[T]he vast cryptogram of INCEPTION has a core of real emotion....The film is an imposing, prismatic achievement..." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club

4 stars out of 4 -- "The movie is all about process, about fighting our way through enveloping sheets of reality and dream, reality within dreams, dreams without reality. It's a breathtaking juggling act..."Chicago Sun-Times

"[E]asily the most original movie in ages....Credit cinematographer Wally Pfister with so neatly blending the real and surreal without any hokey moments."Hollywood Reporter

"It's a rollicking explosion of images as hypnotizing and sharply angled as any in a drawing by M.C. Escher or a state-of-the-biz videogame..." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly

4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] tremendously exciting science-fiction thriller....This is a popular entertainment with a knockout punch so intense and unnerving it'll have you worrying if it's safe to close your eyes at night."Los Angeles Times

"DiCaprio is terrific as the guilt-ridden Dom....Nolan has fashioned a story rich in off-kilter grandeur."USA Today

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "INCEPTION is one of the best sci-fi movies of the new century, a mind-better about dreams as public spaces."Premiere

"[V]isually arresting....You see some things that are pretty amazing, and amazingly pretty..."New York Times

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "INCEPTION is that rare film that can be enjoyed on superficial and progressively deeper levels, a feat that uncannily mimics the mind-bending journey its protagonist takes."Washington Post

"Nolan orchestrates the multiple action strands with tremendous dexterity....It all looks as spectacular as you'd hope."Uncut

"[T]here are impressive Escher-like impossible staircases, startling uses of slo-mo and weightlessness and a neat address of the way dreams have no establishing shots or transitional scenes..."Sight and Sound